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If you know what you want, you should find it on Kosho https://www.kosho.or.jp/

I personally don't see nothing in the photos However, anything authentic with the given parameters (especially for Awataguchi) could easily pass TokuJu But the blade has no papers That says it all

They are two different blades Uwe

I am open for offers

This is your response from 16.1 to Jussi's response from 15.1. Here you claim that midare is not hamon. Now you claim that ko-midare is already hamon You were the first to use the term Midareba and no one else Just try to say what all this unnecessary nonsense is good for?

I don't expect you to accept NBTHK But hope dies last https://www.touken.o...sh/hamonleaflet.html

I can look them up more if it's really necessary.

I was inspired by Katana case shi and had a local manufacturer make me such a showcase Dustproof doors - I have my blades displayed in a showcase for a long time without oil and since we are a inland country, there is no problem with the blades at all

If you read carefully - Kunitaro-san tells the story of a master from the 60s. The truth is that the art of traditional sashikomi is almost lost There are several reasons People do not have the skill to do this type of polish Extreme lack of quality stones needed to achieve the desired result People's unwillingness to pay for this type of polish because it is more time consuming And also - for many it is visually unattractive. When looking directly in the hand you may feel that the polish is not finished HOWEVER - once you look at the blade at an angle with the reflection of light - my subjective opinion is that it is the best possible. The purity of the steel, the brilliance of both ji-nie and ha-nie A few examples of a direct view of the blade and at an angle Always the same blade polished with traditional sashikomi

Unfortunately, no information is known about the blade's history or family provenance.

Technically you are right Jacques There is no known blade with the signature "Rai Kuniyuki", only "Kuniyuki" However, for mumei blades the designation "Rai Kuniyuki" is commonly used not only in NBTHK but also in other publications

Something to share to end of this year Rai Kuniyuki is generally considered the founder of the Rai school. He worked at about the same time as Ayanokoji Sadatoshi and due to the similarity of some of their blades it is assumed that these swordsmiths collaborated No dated blade is known and the time of Rai Kuniyuki's work is estimated based on the signed and dated blades of Rai Kuniyoshi, who is believed to be his son The blade is a mumei, slender in shape with a nagasa of 68cm and represents the style of this smith's early work The Jigane is a tight and uniform ko-itame along the entire length of the blade with exquisitely bright ji-nie and delicate chikei throughout. The steel has a bluish color, typical of first-class Yamashiro blades The hardening is mostly deep nioi with fine ko-nie in kakubaru style with karimata pattern, which is well know for this swordsmith The blade has several kirikomi on the mune and muneyaki in the monouchi area The overall style of the blade is very similar to "Sakakibara Kuniyuki" which is a Juyo Bijutsuhin Enjoy

I am offering for sale a very rare type of Yari - Yajiri nari Yari by Yamato Nobusada (around 1630) NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Mei Omote: Yamato no Kami Fujiwara Nobusada Mei Ura: Buzenkokura jū Nagasa: 18.4cm Max. width: 5.58cm Kasane of kera-kubi 1.81cm Blade weight 322.5g with shirasaya Price 4.600 EUR + postage + PP fee Shipped from Slovakia

For sale Futatokoro set by Yoshioka school with Omodaka Mon design 1.600 EUR + postage + PP fee Shipped from Slovakia

The Tsuba construction is exactly as you would expect Between two thin layers of shakudo is a copper core

Tsuba Nr.7 sold

Thank you very much for your help Kyle

Well - Peter, honestly - you're putting me in a bind As I said, my area of interest is blades I'd hate to write nonsense, as my knowledge of Tosogu is very limited